Amendment history

1989 revision: Old SO 32 renumbered as SO 16, language and expression simplified

Commentary

The Clerk's duties are performed by the Deputy Clerk or a Clerk Assistant when the Clerk is not available (Photo courtesy of AUSPIC)

Adopted without debate or amendment in 1903, this standing order is self-explanatory and has been amended only once, in 1965, to take account of changes in the Senate departmental support structure and, inparticular, the creation of the new position of Deputy Clerk in 1964.[1]